Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 61, Decatur, Adams County, 12 March 1928 — Page 1

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POISONER SOUGHT AT MICHIGAN CITY

"INSIDE STORY" OF SINCLAIR'S GIFTS IS TOLO Mellon And William M. Butler Are Linked With 4 Bond Deal butler summoned BY OIL COMMITTEE Uy Paul R. Mallon (('. P. Staff Correzpondcnt) Washingtcn, March 12—(U.R) The “Inside stoiy" of Hany republican campaign contribution was told in detail to the United Press today by a responsible authority. The revelation came just as the Tea- | pot Dome committee was preparing to summon lot tomorrow Chairman WilIla M Butler of the Republican Nation- ! al comittee. foimer chairman Will H I Hays and prehaps secretary of treai wry Andrew Mellon to ascertain what ' they may know about the matter. HaHys Asked To Raise Money In 1923, according to this account, Butler called cn Hays to raise money j (or the campaign deficit that Hays incurred in electing President Harding In 1920 Hays was unable to obtain all tbe 1 money from the usual smirches and , went to Harry Sinclair, the oil manante. From Sinclair he obtained $260.000 in liberty Bonds, as he has testified. Then came the Senate committee's expose about Sinclair's "lone’' to former secretary cf interior Fall, from whom he obtained a lease on the Teapot Dome naval oil leserves. When Hays found cut about it, he at tempted to raise $60,000 to pay Sinclair. He raised SIOO,OOO, it is said, but was unable to pay back the $160,600. In desperation. Hays went toiever al republicans an d;Ufe4Hpt"M -fn get them to take ever the remaining bonds from Sinclair. He is said to J)ave seen Mellon. Butler, former secretary of war John W. Weeks, thf 5s late John Pratt of New York, senator T. Coleman DuPont of Delaware and others. Mellon has announced he refused th accept $50,000 Sinclair bonds which Hays wanted him to take. Pratt took Mood, DuPoint handled 75.000 and Weeks asborbed $25,000. Mutlers acHon in the matter is not known. Some of the men are said to have taken the bonds at first ami later returned them when the Teapot Dome ■nvestigati. n began making exposures. Relative Os Decatur People Dies In Ohio Mrs. Permilia Mumma, residing with the Clyde Har den family on Decatur i-ute three, received a telegrant today announcing th death this morn ng of , c °usin, Mrs. Etta Cole, of Clevea|ul, Ohio. Mrs. Cole, who was 80 mrs old died at the home of her son, Co!e ' M,s Emlly Shackley, cf 18 city, is also a cousin of the dereased. Three second cousins residing leieare Mrs. Nettie Harden Mrs. J. C darkless and Mrs. Ed Ahr. ~~ CONTINUE CHURCH OF COO REVIVAL Services Announced Until Wednesday Night; Strong Sermons Preached of T (- e revlval campaign at the Church | "j ll continue over Wednesday "it. Evangelist Rimmer delivered 'tiling message Saturday evening Preparation for Heaven and Imrem' o,le more person acth" "i *' le lllvitati °n and bowed at ths/l ar Os prayer - Others testified thm. ? e5 ' lacl found God at home 'Bh the reading of their Bible. preac her’s sermon Sunday wrung was: "The Perpetual Fire o'"' 8 *“° v e." and his subject for text'"c evenin 8‘ was based oh the to th r* me an< * let 118 I° ln our selves lli-it P bnr<l 111 a P® r Petual covenant P l‘ eannot be forgotten." He point"tit that it was necessary that we not tiv le '! nt ° ,he Lord for one can ‘ as i Ve a * ht-’lstian life without Christ Ri^„ Sp " itual com Panion. Evangelist pr, K .' Ilas been preaching some imtlnir<r' e > Sermons ' Not only 11118 vivwi » 11 encouraged but the reran-, ' . ‘ has rea nlted In the sab a ‘ lnn of sinners. make ,u hurch 18 ur ß ed t 0 P ra y and t | tainin,. le Very beßt of M* e ffiw re ‘ Mur f Bervices beginning each eveK at 7:30 o'clock.

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MYSTERY DEATH PLOT SUSPECTED • •• —- —— y i " ■«’ ’ 7 ■Tu '• -K3 >• \ * ’ti W '* I 1 Aut roriCes of Michigan City, Ind., hope to reveal cause of mysterious death of two children, Orvilla and Richard Bohle The youngsters, who died tn convulsions, are shown in upper picture. Orvilla (left) and Rich ard holding .mother brother. Ernest. Lower picture shown parents. Mr. and Mrs. George Rchle, with surviving children, Ernest, in mother's aims, and George, Jr.

If You Would Be Great Young Man, Stay Single

Chicago, March 12-(INS) —The man vho aspires to be great, to be a enius, to do unusual things, must never marry. Marriage overwhelmingly defeats a l individuality in a man and makes his thoughts serfs to those of his wife, according to tn(» eminent savant r 'ount Hermann Keyserling, considered by many the greatest thinker in the world today. Count Keyserling. visitor in Chicago, prased women as rulers, as guiders of the destinies of the world, but bitterly denunciated them as parasites of men’s intelligence. No Great Woman Thinkers "True, I am married but I married late in life," said Count Keyserling today. “1 had ant opportunity to think, to give vent t> my ideas unhampered by a woman’s meager intelligence. Has there ever been a great woman thinker —really great one? No. There have been women tilers, rulers o the world, but only because they attained that position through men. “Had I married in my youth the it suit would have been the same in my case as in that of any other man who aspires to the creative life, 't would have been disasterous. It Hartford City Resident Prefers Death To Arrest Hartford City, Ind., Mar. 12.—(U.R) — Rather than face arrest, VVilliart Keely, 44. committdfi suicide here, police said The officers said Keely shot himself through the head while they were attempting to -force their way into his home to arrest him on a charge of violating the prohibition law. two Killed in TRAIN WRECK Two Freight Trains Collide In Nickel Plate Yards At Tioton Tipton, Ind.. March 12 —(INS)— Two dead and two injured was the toll of a train collision in the west end yards of the Nickle Plate railroad here today. The second section of brain numbre 64 crashed into the first section. The dead were W. H. Maish of Tipton and George Howard, of Lafayette. P>oth of the dead men were members of the first section crew. They were m the caboose which was demolished. The injured men were Fred Reese, engineer of the second section and Guy Newton, fireman ort the second section. Their injuries were not regarded as serious, however.

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Amid have been a catastrophe. "If genius is to survive marriage and the propagation or the race must be left to the average man and woman.” Count Keyserling married the daughter of Germany’s iron chancellor, Von Bismarck. Os his own marled life the great savant was silent "During eight hundred years of the world's history no man of spirit ever married. He entered a monastery 'nstc-ad. Genius is not born of genius. It is an accident. "Singleness is far less necessary to a woman as <a man. To unite her life with that of a man is apparently instinctive with women. She withstands the impact of marriage far better than man. "But it makes man a serf, marriage. Persons approach marriage oo optimistically. They expect great “hings of it, They look for happiness through marriage and instead they find tragedy in the majority of cases” SCOUT ROUND-UP IS IN PROGRESS Troop 61 Gets Most New Members; Several Scouts Win Badges The scout round-up is progressing nicely. Tonight the Rotary troop committee will award badges to troop 61 for getting the most new members. The committee composed of E. W. Lankenau, chairman, R. J. Harting, I Avon Bulk, T. J. Durkin and Carl I Pumphrey will also present Bruce I Wallace, Kenneth Tricker and James j Mosure with Tenderfoot badges. Fred Musser and Richard Parrish will receive the “roped one" pin Tuesday at 7:30 o’clock in the American Legion hall. The roundup is a campaign to increase Scouting and it will end April 14. Each member is pledged to advance one step and to try to get a new member. o Decatur Girls On Duty As Nurses At Catholic Basketball Tournament Nurses from the St. Vincent hospital. Indianapolis, were assigned to the State Catholic basketball tournament last week, in case the players or the visitors needed their medical assistance.- M,iss Ida Baker, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. John Baker of .this city, was on duty at the gym Saturday morning and evening. Two other Decatur girls, the Misses Anna Murtaugh and Ida Baker, are also in training at St. Vincent’s hospital.

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, March 12, 1928.

Lindy’s Fortune Growing Rapidly Despite Longing For A Life Os Obscurity (By Lawrence Sullivan. International News Service Staff Corrosixmdent 1 (Copyright. 1928. by International News Service) Weshingtcn. March 12— Colonel Charles A Lindbergh, still tinder 27. has already amass- d close to his first million. The tow headed boy who began his climb to fame and fortune in a mail plane at twohundred-and something a month, has earned more in i year j than most people accumulate in a life-time.

HARRIET FRENCH EXPIRES SUNDAY Aged French Township Woman Succumbs To Illness Os Pneumonia Mrs. Harriet M. French, aged 76 yeats, died at the home of her daughter, Mis. Wilson Banter, in French tewnship, Adams county, at 9:30 o'clock, Sunday night, from an illness of pneumonia and complications. Mis. French was the daughter of Maty and Martin Adams and was hern July 16. 1552 in Preble county Ohio. August 14. 1873, she united in marriage with Amos Fiench, who died four years ago. The suiviving children are Mrs. Charles Bieiie, of near Berne; Mrs. Cletus Gentis, of neai Berne, and Mrs. Wilsc nßanter of French township. Seven grandchildren and four brother and one sister, also survive. Funeral sei vices will be held Wednesday afternom at 1 o'clock at the home and at 1:3(1 o’clock at the Salem chur< h west of Linn Grove. Burial will be made in the Six Mile cemetery. PROMINENT 8080 RESIDENT DIES Josiah Leander Chronister, 70, Dies Suddenly Os Heart Trouble Josiah Leander ChYonister, 70, of 'obo, died suddenly at 4 o’clock this io. ning, Monday March 12. 1928, from an attack of heart trouble and indigestion. Mr. Chronister had been feeling ill for a few days, but w.is able to attend church set vices at the Bobo United Brethrap church, of which he was a member, Sunday. Josiah Leander Chronister was born April 25. 1857, in St. Marys township, Adams county. At the time of his death he resided at Bobo where he was assoiated with his son. Clarence Chroniser, in the operatio nos the Bobo Mill. Early in life, the deceased was united in marriage with Miss Ida Merrel. Tc this union, six children were born His wife died March 25, 1886, and on | Nov. 5, 19(11. he united in marriage with Miss Ida H. Ayers, the surviving widow. Rufus L. Chronister is the surviving son of this marriage. Maxine Lillian and Goldie Beatrice Chronister, preceded their father in dath. Surviving children of the first marriage are: Mrs. Ada Geier, of Canada; Clarence E. Chronister, at home; Mrs. Bessie Padasbek, of Washington state Milton Chronister, of Bobo. Stepchildren of the deceased are Oscar Teeple, of Decatur. Pearl and Paul Newberry, of Detroit. Three sisters and three brothers also survive, as follows: Mrs. George Humerickouse, cf Craigville; Mrs. S. T. Welker, of near Bobo; Cora Chronister, of near Decatur; Albert and William Chronister residing near Bobo; and Ed Chronister, residing neat Decatur. Eighteen grand children also survive. For a number of years, Mr. Chronister had been a faithful teacher’of the Men’s Bible class of the Bobo Brethren Sunday school. o Three Bluffton Girls Have Automobile Accident Three Bluffton girls, Nora Ness, Evelyn Hurd and Pear Fishbaugh, escaped injury Sunday afternoon, when the Ford sedan driven by Miss Ness, was struck by a Ford roadster driven by Donald Messick, of near Linn Grove. The accident occurred at the intersection of Cherry and Marion streets, in Bluffton. Donald Messick, who was alone in his car, had one hand lacerated an dsustained minor bruises an dscratches. He was pinn-. ed beneath the car and was in a dazed condition when spectators who rushed to the scene, pulled hi mfrom under thee car. He soon recovered however.

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All this he has accomplished without. in uny way forsaking the < ailing which made him one of the world’s greatest heroes of all time. Although ho is known to have smoked one cigarette, he has never indorsed any bland. He does not favor any particular style ot clothing or golf balls and he wears no man’s collar. Millions Are Spurned Millions in vaudeville contracts have been spurned with a snap of his fingeis, and millions more in movie royalties have been left for those who go in for that sort of tiling. Harassed almost to distraction by airplane manufacturers, inventors and operators who have offered millions to have him sit at their own glass-top desks, he has persisted in his determination never to capitalize his name for merely personal financial gain. Lindy has put all his legs in one cockpit and then given undivided attention to keeping that ship on an even keel —-and the money has rolled in. Despite his longing for obscurity, be has never been able to Fid himself of the Midas touch thrust upon him by Paris last May. Ho has run away ftom more millions than any man in history. But he has not been able to remain as humble tn the records of the income tax division of the treasury department as in Ins own dashing spirit. Majority Is “Earned Income’’ Most of Ijimlbergh's fortune, which has congealed about him at the average nite-of SBm.nw-a month since his j Paris flight, fulls under the head of 1 “earned income” —which means work for pay at the controls of the “Spirit >f St. Louis." About $500,000 lias come from his writings. Two sreh-s of da'.ly flight narratives, one from Europe and one from Central America, have netted approximately $150,000 from a newspaper syndicate. "We,” the autobiography of the congressman’s son who came to be acclaimed by congress, has been a best seller for months. Royalties have already mounted to close to $200,000, with publishers predicting a million sales before the present year is out. As an author, Lindy earned more last year than Sinclair Lewis and Willa Cather combined. As a director of the Guggenheim foundation for the promotion of leronautics, Lindy received an annuity fixed by his friends here at. •5100,000. His all-Uniteu States tour icotT'M rn ox imc.r r«« SCARLET FEVER STILL SPREADING Four New Cases Reported Today; Many High School Pupils Exposed Hopes that the scarlet fever epidemic which has been threatening Decatur for the last two weeks, had been checked, waned today when the report of four new cases was forthcoming. Clark William Smith, little son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith, South Third street, has been quarantined in with the disease Paul Baumgartner, five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Baumgartner, Russell street, is a second victim. Charles Baumgartner, a brother. aged 12 years, is believed to be taking the disease, but it has not been officially pronounced as such by the attending physician. Mildred Baker, rural pupil attendin'; the sophomore class at D.H S-, is confined to her home suffering with scat let fever. She is a daughter of Mr and Mrs C. E. Baker. Veral Heller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Heller, also a rural attendant of the D. H. S. sophomore class, is quarantined with the fever. The entire group of children who attended the Freshman-Sophomore party, held last Friday evening, at the high school gymnasium, were exposed as one of the latest &ses reported, was present at the party. The City Board of' Health has issuejl orders that any child showing signs of cold and sore throat is to be sent home and not returned to school without a doctor's certificate.

Bachelor’s Choice « 'NKd She is 19 years old, has golden hair, 1 dark brown eyes, weighs 120 pounds 1 and winner of a beauty contest. She 1 offets marriage to any man who will 1 give $6,500 to aid her family. Name ■ —Fiances Joyce Felsh of York, Pa. AWARDS MADE IN CALF CLUB Herman Griffiths Wins First Prize In Third-Year Calf Club ' Results of the third year calf club i have just been computed at the Coun- ■ ty Agents office and the records show 1 that Herman Griffiths won first prize in the contest with his Jersey Heifer, i which averaged 45.8 pounds butterfat per month. First place in the third i year calf club will entitle Mr. Griffith- - to a trip to Purdue University to the i annual club round-up, the first week in F May. Fifteen dollars have been donated toward the expense of the trip by W. A. Klepper. of the Cloverleaf i Creameries. Nineteen menubess participated in ■ the third year calf club work. A total 1 ot thirty three dollars was also donat- ’ ed by the Cloverleaf Creameries to be awarded as prizes divided in the following manner; 2nd, 3rd, 4th and sth | ' piize,-$3.00. Ith, Bth, 9th, 10th and 11th ' 52.00; and the rest one dollar each. Miss Esther Leichty was a close ' second in the club, her heifer averag- ' ing 43.8 pounds butter fat per month. • Fourth, fifth and sixth prizes were won by Wilson Welland, Elmer Inniger ami Calvin Stemy respectively. ' The other members of the third year calf club who made a creditable show- ‘ ing were, Fiederick Duff. Walter Amstutz, Dan Habegger, Reuben Habegger, Selma Habegger, Franklin Mazelin, Elizabeth Mosser, Solomon Moser, Noah Schrock, Huldi Schwartz and Ruth Schwartz. Much credit is due to the calf club committee and the Cloverleaf Cream eiies for the success of the club. The calf club committee consists of Hubert Zetkel, A. Z. Smith, Rudolph Kilter, Peter D. Schwartz, Carl E. Amstutz and David F. Mazelin, who personally directed and helped the club members I in his locality. These mem have very ' kindly consented to continue with this I good work another year. Those in charge wish to personally thank the calf club committee, the Cloverleaf Creameries, J. 1). Winteregg, and others who made the calf club a success. It is hoped that many of the third year j members will rejoin the club starting I in the first year calf club, with dis- ■ ferent calves. All those interested should get in touch with the county agent before March 20. MANY KILLED J IN LANDSLIDE — More Than 100 Bodies Removed From Debris In Brazilian Disaster Santos, Brazil, Mar. 12. — (U.R) — Loosened boulders on Mount Serrat today threatened fresh damage to Santos, where onore than a thousand , workmen were attempting to recover bodies of victims of Saturday's disastrous landslide. One part of the hill today was said to be loosening and threatening the city. Should this occur the disaster , would be even greater than the Satr urday occurrence. , More than 100 bodies already have I been recovered from the ruins left by Saturday's mountain slide.

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POISON FOUND IN VISCERA OF DEAD CHILDREN Uncle Os Two Dead Children Suffering From Same Mysterious Illness ARRESTS IMMINENT POLICE DECLARE i Michigan City, Ind., Mar. 12. — (INS 1 — Arrests in connection with the strange deaths of Richard Bohle, 4, and his baby brother, Orvilla, were reported imminent by Michigan City authorities today. The investigation was quickened by a report sent here from a Chicago chemist stating that traces of oxalic acid had been found in the viscera of Richard. Meanwhile, physicians are fighting Ito save the life of William Sims, an uncle of the dead boys. He was stricken with the same mysterious illness a short time after his nephews had died. Police Have Evidence Chit f of Police Richard J. Kruse, following a conference with Coroner Dr. Charles Mayfield and States Attorney Kunkle, was authority for the statement that arrests 'may follow at an early date. Officials declared thr-re were strong indications that the poison had been deliberately administered. Dr. Frank R. Warren, the physician who attended Richard Bohle and is now lighting to save the life of Sims, hinted tli belief that he is up against a poison plot. He questioned Mrs. Sims, who, tie said, admitted she had used oxalic acid to remote stains from clothing She declared, however. there ha dbeen none of the poison in the house since last July. "At that time." said Mrs. Shns, "I cleaned some clothes and then pour’d what was left in the can on an ish heap in the back yard and tossed he can away.” As the symptoms of the illness of he thiee were similar, the authorties concluded all had been poisond with oxalic acid. In the investigation under way, particular attention will be paid, it was announced, to a disputed estate in which the Bohles and Mr. Sims .vere to have shared. Dr. War.en dec'ares Sime had little hanee of recovery. His pulse had Relined to 50, his skin was cold and lamniy and lie hail lost control of the muscles of his legs. Sims is a spiritualist. During a nomentai y rally he said he had been isited by spirits. QJ Failing Slate Kills Miner Linton. Ind, March 12. —(U.R) - ■ Emanuel Haffley, 54, was killed by a tall of slate in the Mohawk mine near here. Q JAMES FOREMAN TO BE CANDIDATE Blue Creek Township Man To Seek Nomination For Commissioner James M. Foreman, of Blue Creek township, today announced that he will ije a candidate for commissioner lof the third district, Adams county, subject to the decision of the Demo- | eratie primary to be held in May. Mr Foreman is the third to announce for this position, the others being | George Shoemaker, present commis | sioner, and Dennis Striker, of Monroe township. Mr. Foreman is a native of Blue Creek township, where he was born and reared. He has always taken an active part in township and county affairs, but has never held office. He has served as a Democratic committeeman for thirty-five years and has always taken an interest in politics. He will make an active cam paign fcr the nomination. o Measles Take Heavy Toll In Great Britain London, March 12. —(U.R) —Six hundred and two deaths, mostly among ! children, have occurred in five weeks I in the most severe epidemic of measles in recent years.

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